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Originally Posted by Finny61
I have never taken the time to look up Netflix, now that I have, it looks great. My only question is if I'm constantly watching stuff on Netflix then am I not racking up some data from the internet provider? I'm not much of a tech guru but I'm just wondering if there are limitations with how much I could use Netflix.
Real lack of newer movies but it has some tv shows I'd love to watch like Mad Men.
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There's actually a pretty good discussion about "usage based billing" over at this thread:
http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=100112
Shaw has shelved their plans for the time being because of the customer backlash, but we certainly haven't seen the end of the issue. At the moment, if you're on Shaw at least, you won't be charged extra for going over your monthly limit.
I have read that an hour of HD runs at about 2 gigs, so a movie would probably be at around 3 gigs. There is an option to disable HD streaming, which reduces the amount of bandwidth used and, on my TV at least, the difference isn't noticeable. It is better quality than SD cable, and in the same ballpark as a SD DVD upsampled.
I'd suggest giving it a try (I believe that your first month is free) and then seeing if there's enough on there to sustain your interest.